Times of Islamabad

Indian all rounder Yuvraj Singh responds over Pakistani fans prayers in his hard times

Indian all rounder Yuvraj Singh responds over Pakistani fans prayers in his hard times

KARACHI: Indian all rounder Yuvraj Singh responds over Pakistani fansprayers in his hard times.

India’s former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, in a video with Pakistan’slegendary all-rounder Shahid Afridi, praised the fans in Pakistan who senttheir prayers to the hard-hitting batsman during his fight against cancer.

The former all-rounder revealed that fans from Pakistan flooded his twitterprofile with prayers during his treatment in the United States (US).

“I still remember when I was in the US for treatment and Twitter was new atthat time. I posted something about my treatment and loads of Pakistanipeople sent their prayers for me,” Yuvraj said.

“It was a tough time for me. For a cricketer, remaining away from cricketis toughest.” The 30-year-old was diagnosed, in 2011, with a tumour of thelungs.

The all-rounder recovered and represented his side in the internationalarena.

The flamboyant all-rounder retired from the sport after featuring in 40Tests, 304, ODIs and 58 T20Is for his country.